Perhaps there is no such thing as the 'Patriot Way' any more. The recent acquisitions of Chad Ochocinco and Albert Haynesworth are two more reminders, if any were needed, that the New England Patriots ' mentality has changed since 2004...

With the signing of Gervinho and the continued pursuit of players like Christopher Samba and Mark Cahill, it would appear that things are a bit brighter over the Emirates these days, despite coming off another trophy-less season...

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If the Boston Red Sox had won last night and the Philadelphia Phillies had lost, the Sox would have the best record in all of baseball right now. As it stands, they still have the best in the American League and lead the AL East by a game and a half...

No one expected much from the New York Mets in 2011. They were a team with a relatively weak starting rotation, playing in a terrible ballpark for power hitters, in a division with the World Series favourites, the Philadelphia Philles...

Manchester United are perhaps the best-known football club in the world. In many ways, they are to football what the New York Yankees are to baseball and what the Dallas Cowboys once were to, well, the other football...

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The uniform is the most enduring and definitive symbol of the team. That is why plastering them with sponsorship and adverts is almost sacrilege. Some strips are iconic, such as Juventus' or Liverpool's...

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It has been seven years since Arsenal won the Premier League, last doing so in their unbeaten 2003-2004 season. Manager Arsene Wenger has come under increasing pressure to win silverware, winning only the 2005 FA Cup since the last league triumph...

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In 2007, Josh Beckett was the MLB's only 20-game winner, led the Boston Red Sox to their second World Series championship in four years, and finished second in the Cy Young voting to CC Sabathia, then of the Cleveland Indians...

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In his first year at the helm, manager Jose Mourinho led Real Madrid to a second place finish in La Liga, the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League and the Copa del Rey title. However, the season was a big disappointment in many respects...

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In the finale of their three-game series at Fenway Park, the Boston Red Sox beat up on the Milwaukee Brewers, winning 12-3. The victory gave them a 43-28 record, the best in the American League and a far cry from that dismal 2-10 start...

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The Boston Red Sox traded away their top-rated pitching prospect, Casey Kelly, in the offseason. He was the centrepiece of the package to get Adrian Gonzalez from the San Diego Padres and it must have hurt GM Theo Epstein to let him go...

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